grep multiple words

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mister_v
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grep multiple words

Post by mister_v »

Hi,

is there a way to use grep to check for more than 1 word?
Like both for left and right
grep right AND left
chris
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Re: grep multiple words

Post by chris »

grep has an -E option (--extended-regexp)
This allows to us regular expressions.

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grep -E 'right|left' name_of_file.txt
You can check for more than 2:

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grep -E 'right|left|up|down' name_of_file.txt
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